Acrylic on Clear Gessoed Burnt Wood Panel 

In the creation myth of the Mexica (the Aztecs), Mictlantecuhtli, lord of the underworld Mictlan, kept the bones that were used to create humanity. It is fitting that he and his wife, Mictecacíhuatl, whom the people meet at the end of their journey through the 9 layers of Mictlan. Only after passing through the trials may your soul reach Chicunamictlan. Chicunamictlan is described as the ultimate fate; here, the soul will be judged. Accounts of the outcome differ from eternal rest or parish to reencarnation to becoming one with all your souls,' past releasing your tonalli.